Re: Riding atop Peavine Ridge & the descent into Jaybird Canyon

See the deer?

Just georgeous up here!

Came to a fork in the road. No dirt tires on this baby. Actually, I'd explored that road (White Meadow Rd) about a year prior on the hayabusa (till the pavement ended). It connects back to the valley below. Name change to Jaybird Powerhouse Rd so I continued on.

Yes, that's snow. And ice. I had to stop and walk it first. It was sanded so gingerly I went. ST1100 with its upright riding position is perfect for this sort of thing, very well balanced bike!

Re: Riding atop Peavine Ridge & the descent into Jaybird Canyon

The descent into Jaybird Canyon was a dirty sandy twisty affair.

And icy. I had to walk this one first also to see if I could make it around.

Check out these switchbacks on the satellite. Straight down the canyon! These snowy ones above are the very top one on the satellite. Fortunately, right after this, I dropped below the snowline. You can see the generating plant and penstock too (the straight line). The ones below are the last switchback in the satellite pic which was a total 180 swap in direction.

Re: Riding atop Peavine Ridge & the descent into Jaybird Canyon

Jaybird Powerhouse- this one is really tucked away, I wouldn've had any idea this one was back in here if I hadn't been curious enough to ride to the end of the road! This water eventually flows to Coloma (where they discovered gold) and on into Folsom Lake, through Sacramento, to the Bay Area and into the ocean.